![]() “This is pretty good,” he said, sounding surprised. He read the story while I sat on the carpet next to his chair. By this time, Papa had written six acclaimed and bestselling novels, among them Ragtime, The Book of Daniel, and World’s Fair, as well as two story collections and a play, and had won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award twice. I presented a copy of “Gold Dust”-illustrated in colored pencil, its pages tied together with string-to my grandfather, E.L. It was up to a young girl named Alison to find him and set him free. I’d written a short story about a flying pony named Gold Dust, who was stolen from his pasture and locked in a trailer where even his wings couldn’t save him. ![]() ![]() The first time an award-winning novelist gave me feedback on my writing, I was seven. ![]()
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